Truth shows a writer the birth of Venus Title page for Opuscula mythologica physica et ethica, 1688, The personification of Truth shows an oval medallion to a woman writing in a book. In the medallion a representation of the birth of Venus. Behind them a pedestal with the title of the book. On the pedestal the bust of Diana van Efese. In the background, Diana drives her triumphal car through the air, Truth, 'Verità' (Ripa), birth of Venus, Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair, usually she is awaited by the Hours, (story

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Truth shows a writer the birth of Venus Title page for Opuscula mythologica physica et ethica, 1688, The personification of Truth shows an oval medallion to a woman writing in a book. In the medallion a representation of the birth of Venus. Behind them a pedestal with the title of the book. On the pedestal the bust of Diana van Efese. In the background, Diana drives her triumphal car through the air, Truth, 'Verità' (Ripa), birth of Venus, Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair, usually she is awaited by the Hours, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus), (story of) Diana (Artemis), 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene, or as Diana or Ephesus, with many breasts), 'Natura' (Ripa), Gilliam van der Gouwen, Amsterdam, paper, etching, w 105 mm × h 178 mm

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